Vintage Chinese Pair of Handcarved Inkan Marble Name Stamp w/ Foo Dog 3.5" Tea Ceremony you make a wish to

you make a wish to something you want to complete then

This tansu chest is made of kiri (paulownia) wood case and interiors

25" x 11" giclée reproduction print of a Japanese Meiji era  ukiyo-e (woodblock print) from the series "Thirty Six Ghosts" series  c

The collection 1939 original piece that this scan was taken from was the "first stage" (1st edition) one of fewer than just 100 impressions ever produced

Daruma lends you his determination for the length of the task

Vintage Chinese Pair of Handcarved Inkan Marble Name Stamp w/ Foo Dog 3.5" Tea Ceremony you make a wish toThis is a pair of matching vintage Chinese marble stone name stamps. In Japan and China one does not sign, but rather stamp ones name with a chop or inkan like this one. These inkan have nicely carved names in Chinese Seal Script characters and hand carved foo dog on top. The foo dog carving is very well done. The foo dog was a mythological creature, half dog and half lion, with the spunk of both. It was a friend of mankind and guardian of the spirit